Lech Garage & Auto Body owner: “Many of my seasoned technicians who have worked with me for 20 years were trade school graduates. Maybe these shops are failing the kids!”
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Posted inTransportation
DATTCO slams brakes on SouthCoast to Boston bus service
“It just seems that they shouldn’t cut off the bus service until train service becomes regular. It’s going to cause a disruption to many people’s lives.” — DATTCO bus rider David Conroy
Posted inFishing industry
Fishing industry: Millions more needed to support NOAA surveys amid wind development
A “huge concern” held by the fishing industry is offshore wind farms impacting or precluding survey vessels from navigating in and around wind farms in order to assess fish stocks, which could in turn impact data collection.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Opinion: Council’s rent ballot question is not the solution
“Rent stabilization is rent control, and based on past performances in the 1980s and early 1990s, it did not solve rental cost issues, which is why it was voted out by Massachusetts residents.” — Realtor Association of Southeastern Massachusetts
Posted inOffshore Wind
Healey touts expanded offshore wind plans in visit to New Bedford
The governor’s first state budget proposal includes $35 million for MassCEC, which the administration said would be the first time that the quasi-governmental agency gets operating funding from the state budget.
Posted inCOVID-19
Gov. Healey lifting COVID health emergency, vaccine mandate
The move on May 11 will end six public health emergency orders, one of which requires Bay Staters to wear masks in some health care and congregate care settings.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Essay: Honor Sunshine Week by requiring hybrid access to government meetings
Permanent changes need to be made to state laws to require both in-person and remote access to government meetings. People with … circumstances that prevent in-person attendance at these meetings are at risk of again being shut out of the democratic process.
Posted inInPerson
Dan McCarthy helps keep New Bedford Half Marathon running strong
“It is the kickoff to the city’s tourism season. … Hope springs, there is a chance that we will have good weather, that people have been indoors all winter and they want to get outside.” — Race Director Dan McCarthy
Posted inJack Spillane column
City Council’s ballot questions raise a bigger question: Why?
There has literally been no citywide conversation as to whether these questions are even advisable, not to mention any consultation with the mayor’s office over whether they are in the correct format to be legally placed on the ballot.
Posted inEducation
New Bedford High responds to demand for vocational education
“We are filling a need for additional career and technical programs, as is the case statewide and nationwide.” — Chris Cummings, who oversees New Bedford High School’s career and vocational/technical education.